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Except I'm still a bit confused.
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What constituted Gavin Jasper as dead?
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After the patient underwent a clinical neurological assessment,
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he was given what is known as an apnea test.
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Basically, the ventilator is stopped.
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You allow the carbon dioxide levels to increase.
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You check to see whether the patient can breathe or gasp.
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If he cannot, he is deemed brain dead.
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- And that's what happened here? Correct.
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Mr. Jasper was taken off a ventilator.
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He did not gasp. He did not breathe.
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You pronounced him dead. Yes. Correct.